RateSetter hands back £384m to 45,000 investors after Metro Bank takeover

Around 45,000 investors in the now-defunct peer-to-peer lender RateSetter have had their accounts closed and their money returned after it was taken over by Metro Bank last August. Customers began receiving emails from last Tuesday after the High Street lender in February gave investors two months’ notice that it had bought £384million worth of loans … Read more

Currency exchange giant ICE set to change hands

Currency exchange giant ICE set to change hands for £150m after Chinese owner puts it up for sale Houlihan Lokey have been appointed to sell International Currency Exchange  ICE is owned by Chinese conglomerate HNA that declared itself bankrupt ICE has more than 350 outlets, many in airports across the world By Ben Harrington and Emma … Read more

Superyacht firm GYG could fall into private equity hands

Superyacht painting and repairs firm GYG could fall into private equity hands after it receives a £43m takeover offer By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 9 April 2021 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 9 April 2021 Superyacht painting and repairs firm GYG could fall into private equity hands after it received a … Read more

Alexei Navalny ‘is losing all feeling in both hands’ as he keeps up hunger strike

Alexei Navalny ‘is losing all feeling in both hands’ as he keeps up his hunger strike in prison, his lawyers claim Alexei Navalny, 44, has vowed to continue a hunger strike he started last week  The Vladimir Putin opponent is serving two and a half years for embezzlement Lawyers who visited him say he is ‘not … Read more

Shailene Woodley and Aaron Rodgers look smitten they stroll through Disney World holding hands

Shailene Woodley and Aaron Rodgers kept their relationship under wraps until after revealing their engagement back in early February.  But the NFL quarterback, 37, and Big Little Lies actress, 29, weren’t hiding their love for one another while visiting Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida on Sunday. The couple looked like they were living a … Read more

Try your hands at this fiendishly difficult general knowledge quiz 

How good is YOUR general knowledge? Tricky 12-question quiz will test you on topics including geography, literature and film Tal Garner created general knowledge quiz for US-based trivia platform Playbuzz The test challenges you to get a perfect score of 12 out of 12 on the first try  Do you think you have what it … Read more

‘Hands, face, space and fresh air’: New slogan for lockdown easing

Boris Johnson urged people to be ‘cautious’ today as he unveiled a new ‘hands, face, space and fresh air’ slogan for the looser lockdown. The PM said he was hoping for a ‘great British summer of sport’ as the brutal restrictions ease in England – with up to six people or two entire households allowed … Read more

Lock maker Chubb could change hands for more than £2bn

One of Britain’s oldest lock makers could be about to change hands for more than £2bn By Ben Harrington, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 27 March 2021 | Updated: 22:43 GMT, 27 March 2021 One of Britain’s oldest lock makers could be about to change hands for more than £2billion. City sources said … Read more

KJ Apa holds hands with girlfriend Clara Berry during break from Riverdale filming in Vancouver

KJ Apa has been forced to spend time apart from girlfriend Clara Berry as he films the fifth season of Riverdale in Vancouver, Canada. But the 23-year-old New Zealand actor reunited with the 27-year-old French model on Thursday after she completed the country’s mandatory 14 day COVID-19 quarantine period. The couple, each rocking colorful ensembles, held … Read more

Jodie Comer has her hands full as she carries a printer while shopping with brother Charlie

She’s gearing up to play Russian assassin Villanelle one more time after BBC bosses confirmed the fourth season of Killing Eve will be its last.  But actress Jodie Comer had other things on her mind as she ventured out with her brother Charlie in their native Liverpool on Wednesday.  The British star, 28, appeared to … Read more